Birds have been found to display superior judgement of their body width compared to humans, in research to help design autonomous aircraft navigation systems.
Professor Patrick Sullivan of the University of North Carolina delivered the annual Peter Goodenough Memorial Lecture on Wednesday 10 September at QBI.
Research institutes at The University of Queensland (UQ) hosted 24 Chinese students from Fudan University and Wenzhou Medical College for six weeks, enabling closer ties between the institutions.
Three senior researchers at QBI have together received more than $2.3 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
New insights into learning and memory formation and how this is impaired in Alzheimer’s disease may be possible thanks to a new method that visualises and identifies newly created proteins in the body.
The world’s leading researchers will work together to tackle dementia after The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) joined with the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Biophysics (IBP) to create a research centre.
In good weather for ducks, 20 researchers at QBI took the plunge today and braved the Ice Bucket Challenge in the name of raising funds to fight motor neuron disease (MND).
Neuroscientist Professor Justin Marshall has been awarded a Laureate Fellowship under the Australian Research Council’s most prestigious research grants scheme.
The Hand Heart Pocket - The Charity of Freemasons Queensland - Gala Evening will bring together some of the world’s leading musical performances in support of Alzheimer’s disease research and care.
The clever and beautiful solutions animals have found to survive often centre on their ability to see – or not be seen – and is the subject of a new book by leaders in the field of visual science.
Reigning Australian Brain Bee Challenge champion Eva Wang takes on the world’s brainiest students this week at the International Brain Bee (IBB) in Washington DC, USA.
Queensland scientists are closer to effective treatments for schizophrenia after uncovering dozens of sites across the human genome that are strongly associated with genetic predisposition to schizophrenia.
Queensland’s “brainiest student” has been announced, with 14-year-old Sophie Watson out-smarting 170 other high school students to become the 2014 Queensland Brain Bee Champion at QBI today.
Studies involving some of the world’s smallest creatures have resulted in one of the world’s biggest honours for QBI researcher Professor Mandyam Srinivasan.
